Milk of calcium stones: radiological signs and management outcome
Milk of calcium is a viscous colloidal suspension of calcium salts. Stasis, obstruction and infection are important predisposing factors. Due to a layering effect, characteristic radiological signs especially in CT can help in diagnosis to avoid unsuccessful shock wave lithotripsy.
Milk of calcium (MOC) cysts masquerading as renal calculi – a …
Milk of calcium (MOC) is a colloidal suspension of calcium salts occurring in calyceal cysts and diverticula. Although reported to be rare, in fact it seems to be more common than previously thought. It has characteristic appearances on plain ...
Renal milk of calcium cysts - NephroPOCUS
2019年7月26日 · Renal milk of calcium refers to the viscous colloidal suspension of calcium salts found either within a calyceal diverticulum or within a simple renal cyst. Unlike stones, milk of calcium is typically asymptomatic and does not require intervention.
Differential of Breast Calcifications - The Radiology Assistant
2008年5月11日 · Milk of Calcium. These are benign sedimented calcifications in macro- or microcysts. On craniocaudad views they appear as fuzzy, round or amorphous. Consider magnification spot film with horizontal beam when you think of the possibility of milk of calcium, because on a 90? lateral view they may appear as semilunar, crescent shaped tea cups.
Rapidly developing renal milk of calcium in a patient with ...
Rapidly developing renal milk of calcium, diagnosed by computed tomography (CT), X-ray and ultrasound, should be considered as a rare differential diagnosis in patients with apparent ureteric obstruction to prevent unnecessary interventions. Keywords: milk of calcium, imaging, renal.
Milk of Calcium - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Milk of calcium is one type of benign calcification due to fibrocystic change (FCC). When the fluid-filled lobule is enlarged and calcium forms within it, the calcium can form layer in the dependent part of the lobule (Fig. 6-14). On the CC view, this is like looking down on sugar that has settled to the bottom of a glass of iced tea.
Milk of Calcium | Breast Imaging | Oxford Academic
2018年1月1日 · Milk of calcium (MOC) is simply calcium oxalate crystals precipitated within the microcysts (acini) of the breast lobules. MOC has a very distinct mammographic appearance. It is a benign entity, and when seen and properly identified, it requires no further workup or follow-up.
The “teacup sign”: Significance in breast imaging
The teacup sign represents milk of calcium, a benign finding that does not require biopsy. The teacup sign is best seen on the mediolateral projection on mammography. Milk of calcium has a “smudgy” appearance on the CC projection that can differentiate it …
Benign Breast Calcifications - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2023年8月7日 · Skin, vascular, coarse or popcorn-like, large rod-like, round, rim, dystrophic, milk of calcium, and suture calcifications comprise the “typically benign” category. After calcifications have been identified, a description of the distribution of calcifications should be applied.
‘Milk of calcium’ in the breast - BMJ Case Reports
Milk of calcium is a relatively common finding, shown to be benign on prolonged follow-up, 1 and likely to present at any moderately busy breast-imaging department as a potential cause for unnecessary biopsy.